Hyderabad, Nov. 15 -- The Telangana High Court rejected an appeal filed by the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) in Hyderabad involving its former deputy registrar, K Vinodhar.

A division bench dismissed NIMS's appeal against an earlier order that had gone in Vinodhar's favour.

The dispute began in November 2001, when NIMS accused Vinodhar of misleading senior officials while preparing official documents. He was accused of adding the words 'legal assistant' after the job titles of assistant registrar and assistant finance controller to get a higher salary.

Following an inquiry, NIMS made him retire before his normal retirement age. However, he was later brought back into service.

The dispute also involved a period of 1,569 ...